A contrast among farmers’ ethnic groups: is this a social polarization tendency?

Siti Aida Adha Taridal,Nur Isiyana Wianti,Arifiana Shima Ekaputri,Muhammad Arsyad,D Chalil,S.F Sidique,R Barus,A.H.I Abdul Hadi,M Khaliqi,M.I Fatoni

doi:10.1051/e3sconf/20185200044

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https://doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/20185200044

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Abstract

The aim of the study was to capture the differences between Tolaki, Javanese, and Bugis ethnic in relation to their livelihoods in paddy upland farming activity. The study uses the post-positivism paradigm. In our research setting in Sulawesi drylands ecology, Tolaki local farmer, inhabit most areas of dry land, tend to be sub-subsistence and subsistence-oriented, their planting system is shifting cultivation, or the swidden farming, which was the legacy of their ancestors. Javanese tend to be subsistence and supra-subsistence oriented, while the Bugis farmer is expansive and supra-subsistence oriented. Another important message showed the symptoms of social polarization between the Tolaki and the Bugis as ethnic immigrants. The climax conditions will lead to social conflicts between Tolaki local farmer, Javanese, and Bugis migrants as a result of the emergence of social polarization.

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Agriculture serves as a valuable source of income, contributing to poverty reduction through global food security [1]
Roden et al [5] argued that dry land areas of open access have led to heightened insecurity and ongoing conflicts over land-use rights, with livelihoods tending towards an unsustainable use of the environment
The results showed that Bugis farmers tend to be very expansive in managing assets in the form of land, more expansive than Tolaki farmers

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Agriculture serves as a valuable source of income, contributing to poverty reduction through global food security [1]. The Drylands rank among the geographically largest, biologically least productive and demographically fastest growing biomes on earth [3] Livelihoods in these semi-arid and arid regions have evolved under variable, unpredictable and extreme environmental conditions [4]. Roden et al [5] argued that dry land areas of open access have led to heightened insecurity and ongoing conflicts over land-use rights, with livelihoods tending towards an unsustainable use of the environment.

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